Overview

The second collection of short memoir pieces by Hao C. Tran, author of Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat. ""A deeply lyrical call home, a searing act of witness, and an unapologetically personal testament to exile and return."" --J.K. Fowler, Executive Director, Bay Area Book Festival ""A gifted writer and humanitarian, Hao Tran shares deeply moving stories of his life in Vietnam before the fall of Saigon, his travels and studies in Australia and the USA, and his return journeys to reconnect with family and friends who remained in Vietnam. Tran's memoir is an inspiring portrait of a true polymath."" --Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Professor Emerita, UC Berkeley Includes the story ""Red Mud,"" winner of the 2025 Nomadic Press San Francisco Literary Award.

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Reviews

""A deeply lyrical call home, a searing act of witness, and an unapologetically personal testament to exile and return."" --J.K. Fowler, Executive Director, Bay Area Book Festival ""A gifted writer and humanitarian, Hao Tran shares deeply moving stories of his life in Vietnam before the fall of Saigon, his travels and studies in Australia and the USA, and his return journeys to reconnect with family and friends who remained in Vietnam. Tran's memoir is an inspiring portrait of a true polymath."" --Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Professor Emerita, UC Berkeley Includes the story ""Red Mud,"" winner of the 2025 Nomadic Press San Francisco Literary Award.

Author Information

Hao C. Tran left Vietnam as a young man to go to college in Australia and later settled in the United States. Shortly after he left Saigon, the war ended and he couldn't return for 20 years. Since 1994, he has gone back to his homeland a dozen times, and many of his short stories are based on these journeys. Hao's stories are from the perspective of a Viet Kieu, a Vietnamese living overseas. He writes about his own experience as an immigrant, his family, the people he encountered in his travels, and the heart-breaking changes in a post-war Vietnam.

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